13th Warrior

Pros: The acting, cast, character development, score, scenery and plot were outstanding.
Cons: May be too dark and gory for some viewers.

Ibn: Merciful Father, I have squandered my days with plans of many things. This was not among them. But at this moment, I beg only to live the next few minutes well. For all we ought to have thought, and have not thought; all we ought to have said, ...

Pros: excellent locations, good battles
Cons: simplistic plot, flat characters

It's funny that the name of the title is 13th warrior instead of Eaters of the Dead. Because quite frankly, the name of the movie has nothing to do with the movie. Sure, Antonio Banderas plays an Arabian poet who becomes the 13th warrior. He teams up...

Pros: solid performances, great cinematography
Cons: story fails to live up to its potential

The 13th Warrior

With big Hollywood names like director John McTiernan (Die Hard), writer Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park), and actor Antonio Banderas (Desperado), as well as a budget reported to be in the 100 million dollar range, you'd not...

Pros: A few exciting scenes
Cons: Overlong and boring, not memorable in any way

This nonsensical waste of time comes from a very fine director in John McTiernan and a usually entertaining actor in Banderas. But what they produce is boring, ridiculous, violent, stupid, inane, and most prominently, slow. It takes a long, long...

Pros: Seeing the look on Banderas' face when he is told, "Become strong!"
Cons: Imagining how the Wendol must smell.

A few years ago, a very superhetero macho friend of mine told me, "You gotta see this movie." Back then I was not much of a big fan of Antonio Banderas, (unfairly) thinking he was all brawn and low on gray matter, and so I was skeptical. But this movie ...

Pros: Good cast, lots of action
Cons: Confusing action scenes, too many characters

The 13th Warrior is directed by John McTiernan, who is known for making big-time action films such as Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, and Predator. It was written by a best-selling author - Michael Crichton - who is known for Jurassic Park and a...

Pros: Antonio Banderas.
Cons: Lack of understandable dialogue.

13th Warrior

A Touchstone/Buena-Vista Picture
102 minutes long
Released to theatres: 1999
Rated R



The first scene is a man in a viking ship during a nasty storm. He doesn't look so good. One man...

Pros: An epic tale given the film treatment it merits.
Cons: Unlikely to spawn a sequel.

The 13th Warrior (1999) Directed by John McTiernan. From the book Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton. In the beginning…. Michael Crichton was challenged to make Beowulf interesting for the Modern Audience . Drawing ...

Pros: It eventually ended
Cons: Bad script, bad story, unable to understand anyone, unable to see most things

Thou shalt not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14)

Perhaps that is a lesson to be learned. If followed, it sure would have kept the main character, played by Antonio Banderas, out of trouble, and if he didn’t disrobe I wouldn’t have been...

Pros: Michael Crichton's 1974 novel, Director, Dialogue, Plot, Characters, Antonio Banderas
Cons: Non-primary Hero

“The 13th Warrior (1999),” was a retelling tale of the Norse legend during the 10th century. The movie’s storyline was about the Norse mythology and the fierce Viking. It was base on Michael Crichton’s 1974 novel, “Eaters of the Dead,” the fictional ...

Pros: Antonio Banderas - Ultimate eye candy for the ladies, dirty Vikings, Viking warcries, ugly monsters
Cons: Confusing for some people, must read the book prior to viewing the movie to understand completely

Ahhh...another movie from Michael Crichton's novel. A movie about an Arab with his Viking buddies. I was not really eager to watch this movie, fearing disappointment because I had read the book (read my review on Eaters of the Dead). Basically, Hollywood...

Pros: Good lacationsl shooting, and something different.
Cons: Some of the acting could have been better, or better actors !!

I was very impressed by the storyline, because it is not often you see a major movie set on such a story. Vikings, Arabians, and some cannibals to boot! Made on the Micheal Crichton book "eater of the dead", this movie is about an Arab who ...

Pros: I slept very well afterward
Cons: The whole movie

This movie wins the booby prize for giving the viewer 103 minutes of stale nothingness. I rented this movie with the assurance from Network Video that "everyone that has rented it from us thought it was great". Are all the idiots in the world...

Pros: Testosterone flick
Cons: Not heavy on a plot

The 13th Warrior is a film about Ahmad Ibn Fahdlan (Antonio Banderas) who is sent to be an ambassador to the north because he fell in love with a married woman. He joins a party of Vikings to the north and a boy comes to ask the Vikings to come to the...

Pros: Great new faces, good fighting scenes, not overdramatic.
Cons: Antonio being...Antonio in some places....flat ending.

When I was outvoted and had to see this movie, I was expecting two hours of Antonio close ups. Naked Antonio. Antonio seduces a woman. Antonio fumbles through a monologue. Antonio saves the day. I reluctantly gave up my $7.50 and hope for good previews...